CUSAS 35, 419

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252830.

Transliteration

1/2(asz@c) ku3-luh gin2
ba-NI
1(asz@c) udu-nita lugal-ezem
1(asz@c) gin2 lu2-x-[...]
2(asz@c@90) ku3 sa10# gin2
2(asz@c@90) ku3 sa10# gin2 dingir-lu2-mah2#!
2(asz@c@90)# ku3 sa10# gin2# ur-pu2(|LAGABxTIL|)-sag
2(asz@c@90) ku3 sa10# gin2#
di-utu
lugal-ezem
1/3(asz@c) ku3 sa10# gin2 ur-sag-utu
[n] ku3 gin2 [...]
x x?
4(asz@c) 1/3(asz@c) ku3 gin2 ab-ba-tur
2(asz@c) masz2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — CUSAS 35, 419. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P252830) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P252830..

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